Home Events DSSS Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series (DSSS) DSSS - Conservation of Gene Regulatory Domains with Highly Diverged Regulatory Elements Across Large Evolutionary Distances Date: Jan 15, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Daniel Ibrahim BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies & Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - Decoding Cellular Quality Control via Evolutionary Cell Biology Date: Jan 22, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Yasin Dagdas Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - Need for Speed: Accelerating Biocatalytic Innovation through Data-Driven and Cell-Free Approaches Date: Feb 5, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Katrin Rosenthal Bioprocess Engineering, Technical Faculty, Bielefeld University Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Feb 12, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Matthias Hammerschmidt University of Cologne, Institute of Zoology - Developmental Biology, Biocenter Cologne Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Feb 26, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Claude Becker Genetics, LMU Munich Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Mar 5, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Henrik Krehenwinkel Biogeography, Trier University Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Mar 19, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Kevin Foster University of Oxford, UK Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Mar 26, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Podbilewicz Department of Biology, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Apr 16, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Silvia Vilar Portugal Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Location: MPI für Biologie, Max-Planck-Ring 5, room 0A01 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Apr 23, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Apr 30, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Mihaela Pavličev Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: May 7, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Piali Sengupta Department of Biology, Brandeis University, USA Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: May 21, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Cassandra Extavour Harvard University Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Jun 11, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Simonetta Gribaldo Institut Pasteur, Paris Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Jun 25, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Liam Dolan ÖAW Austrian Academy of Sciences Location: MPI für Biologie, Max-Planck-Ring 5, room 0A01 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Jul 2, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Janusz M. Bujnicki International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] 5th International Pristionchus Meeting Start: Jul 6, 2026 End: Jul 7, 2026 Speaker: Prof. Paul W. Sternberg Caltech Location: Max-Planck-Haus, Max-Planck-Ring 6, 72076 Tübingen [more] DSSS - tba Date: Jul 9, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Maria Barna Genetics Department, Stanford University Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Jul 16, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Daniel Cadena Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Jul 23, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Jul 30, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Clare Bryant Professor of Innate Immunity, University of Cambridge, UK Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Sep 17, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Aurora Ruiz-Herrera Moreno UAB Barcelona Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Sep 17, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Sep 24, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Laurie Comstock Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Oct 1, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Oct 8, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Oct 15, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sophie Martin Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Geneva Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Nov 12, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Nov 26, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Dec 3, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christine Moissl-Eichinger Medical University of Graz, Austria Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Dec 10, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Lora Sweeney Institute of Science and Technology Austria Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Dec 17, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more]
